NAME : MariaLINEAGE : D’Avalos
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION : ///
THE TIME : During the night between October 17th a d 18th 1590.
THE PLACE : The Palace of the Sangro family in Piazza San Domenico Maggiore Naples.
WHAT HAPPENED : Maria D’Avalos was married to Carlo Gesualdo, one of the noblest man in Naples and a renown musician whose works are performed to this day. But Maria, neglected by her husband who was more interested in music and hunting than his own beautiful wife, fell in love with a very handsome young man, don Fabrizio Carafa, he himself belonging to one of the most famous noble Neapolitan family whose nickname was ‘ the angel’ because of his beauty. They became lovers led by their oassion but someone informed her husband who organised immediately his terrible revenge. So he pretended to go hunting in the country in order to surprise the two lovers. He found them in his bedroom and killed them the one in the arms of the other, forever joined together.
THE LEGEND: There are many legends connected to the sad story of Maria D’Avalos.
For one of them, her husband still crazy of jealousy killed his own little boy believing him the son of Maria and Fabrizio.
Another one more famous is that of Maria’s ghost who still haunts dark streets looking for her lost lover and son.PROVERBS: Chiave’ncinto e Martino drinto
[The husband goes out with the key of his house safely in his pocket but his wife’s lover is already in the house ]
Bella o brutta che sia, nun l’hè ‘a tenè màje ‘ncumpagnìa
[It doesn’t matter if your wife is beautiful or ugly, you must keep her indoor as much as possible ]
‘A femmena bòna si, tentata, resta onesta, nun è stata bona tentata…
[ If a woman resists temptation it means that those temptations were not good enough ]
Chi fa l’ammore cu’ ‘a maretata ‘a vita soja tène ‘mpigliata.
[ The man who is a married woman’s lover has his own life in pawn ]THE BIBLIOGRAPHY: This story has been very popular among writers, movie makers and musician.